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which is really a crux of why they wrote it in washington. it is an issue of what is inherently governmental. what are these contractors that these various government agencies hire are doing things that shouldn't be in the hands of hired people and should be only for government workers. >> it seems only in the past dozen years or so, so much of the work of the u.s. military, so much work of the u.s. intelligence community has been outsourced to this private company black water. >> they said that 70% of the intelligence budget was going out to private contractors, 70%. now i talked to a former very high ranking official at the cia also also in the course of writing the book. and he said, hey, when i started my career, and he was a career cia man, when i started my career, the contractors were parking cars in the parking lot, today they're doing everything, including analysis and interrogation including a whole other box of worms. >> you bring extensively about eric prince who created black water, what everybody happened there? >> he's still go
which is really a crux of why they wrote it in washington. it is an issue of what is inherently governmental. what are these contractors that these various government agencies hire are doing things that shouldn't be in the hands of hired people and should be only for government workers. >> it seems only in the past dozen years or so, so much of the work of the u.s. military, so much work of the u.s. intelligence community has been outsourced to this private company black water. >>...
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. >>> voters in two states, washington state and colorado, voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use. we're not talking about medicine, but simply to get high for fun. check out some of the reaction in colorado this week. >> i am feeling amazing. this is the best day i've seen in my life. >> obviously, it's always nice to be right. so, but, you know, we're really happy and, most importantly, it's just great that we're not going to see another 10,000 colorado e coloradoans arrested. >> joining me now is neal franklin, a 32-year law enforcement veteran in maryland and also speaks for a group called le against prohibition. >> i'm in favor because marijuana legalization is not something new. this policy of prohibition has been a perpetual policy disaster for over four decades now. as a matter of fact, one of th first law enforcement leaders, a man by the name of august vietnam vommer chief of berkeley in california and also the first leader of international chiefs of police. right after the end of alcohol prohibition in the 1930s, he said that managing drugs in our community is an is
. >>> voters in two states, washington state and colorado, voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use. we're not talking about medicine, but simply to get high for fun. check out some of the reaction in colorado this week. >> i am feeling amazing. this is the best day i've seen in my life. >> obviously, it's always nice to be right. so, but, you know, we're really happy and, most importantly, it's just great that we're not going to see another 10,000 colorado e...
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is this a good time to leave washington? stomp and the health care rhetoric heats up among democrats. the president's party remains deeply divided. our panel is next. >>> joining me now, the president of christy strategies and former special assistants to george w. bush, ron christy, republican strategist, political director and senior contributor ed rawlins, and ron hangcough. first we'll get started to the decision to appoint a prosecutor to see if the cia did anything illegally. good idea, bad idea? >> mixed idea. if the probe goes on a long time, it will not be good for the cia, it won't be good for this country. if he reaches quick conclusions to say, look, maybe some things happened, maybe not, indicts some people, maybe the better off we'll be. but a long-term probe of the cia would not be good for this president, this administration or this nation. >> ron, do you think our country needs a full-scale investigation into what happened during president bush's years? >> i don't. i think if you look at the cia in ter gator
is this a good time to leave washington? stomp and the health care rhetoric heats up among democrats. the president's party remains deeply divided. our panel is next. >>> joining me now, the president of christy strategies and former special assistants to george w. bush, ron christy, republican strategist, political director and senior contributor ed rawlins, and ron hangcough. first we'll get started to the decision to appoint a prosecutor to see if the cia did anything illegally....
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joining me now is rejeve from "the washington post." good morning to you. do you think general would have step dound if clapper hadn't suggested it? >> good morning, randi. i think pe tratraeus faced withs investigation, faced with officials understanding what has occurred between him and his biographer paula broadwell was left with little choice. with everything i know, i think that resignation would have been something he likely would have suggested himself as well. >> you have written quite a bit about petraeus. how surprised were you when you heard this news? >> profoundly surprised. it didn't seem in character. petraeus was something nr than just a shrewd battlefield tactician, a very capable strategist. for the last several years, he had fashioned himself as a leader of troops who spoke not just about courage on the battlefield but about personal character and virtue, and this was a man who held himself up and wanted the forces under him to hold themselves up to a higher standard. it really -- to all who know him -- and i've spoken to many individual
joining me now is rejeve from "the washington post." good morning to you. do you think general would have step dound if clapper hadn't suggested it? >> good morning, randi. i think pe tratraeus faced withs investigation, faced with officials understanding what has occurred between him and his biographer paula broadwell was left with little choice. with everything i know, i think that resignation would have been something he likely would have suggested himself as well. >>...
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it's state of the union season in washington. today, president obama readies his state of the union message, a chance to lay out details of an aggressive second-term agenda. >> our economy grows when everybody is getting a fair shot and everybody getting a fair shake and everybody playing by the same rules. >> a prequel with republican senator rand paul of kentucky, the tea party response to the president. and then an independent voice in a partisan senate. >> the fifth amendment is pretty clear. no deprivation of life, liberty or property without due process of law. and we're depriving american citizens of their life when we target them with drone attacks. >> senator an gus king of maine and former bush and obama defense secretary robert gates with the case for drones and the future of u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> i strongly believe 3,000 is too little. and 30,000 is too many. >> then our political panel on the state of the union watching and the new chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. plus, the high price of a
it's state of the union season in washington. today, president obama readies his state of the union message, a chance to lay out details of an aggressive second-term agenda. >> our economy grows when everybody is getting a fair shot and everybody getting a fair shake and everybody playing by the same rules. >> a prequel with republican senator rand paul of kentucky, the tea party response to the president. and then an independent voice in a partisan senate. >> the fifth...
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in an editorial in the "washington post," pennetta says this is a reminder we are at war. >>> and budget cuts on a scale. it's a different story when you put faces to those affected. >> we go to maryland where state budget cuts are hitting the most vulnerable. >> reporter: 4-year-old carson brewster has trouble caring for herself. >> she can't care for herself. she gets fed through a tube. she has over 22 doctors. >> reporter: with $13,000 in out of pocket medical expenses last year alone, supplemental funds from the state of maryland has been essential to her family's survival for years. faced with a $700 million shortfall, maryland cut $30 million from the state's developmental disabilities administration. for the brewsters, that means painful decisions. the extra help for things like diapers and medication and physical therapy dropped from $2,500 to just $300. >> reporter: what does that mean for you? >> a struggle. a struggle to figure out how we are going to -- how to help our daughter and make sure that we have the monies to make sure our other children get help, too. me and my hus
in an editorial in the "washington post," pennetta says this is a reminder we are at war. >>> and budget cuts on a scale. it's a different story when you put faces to those affected. >> we go to maryland where state budget cuts are hitting the most vulnerable. >> reporter: 4-year-old carson brewster has trouble caring for herself. >> she can't care for herself. she gets fed through a tube. she has over 22 doctors. >> reporter: with $13,000 in out of...
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so i guess the sense in washington is their aren't getting help anyway. >> the question washington has to ask itself is if it begins to cut off its assistance, and its assistance means influence. if it wants to cut off assistance, it's going to -- and is it going to achieve what it seems to achieve by doing that? i think more important is for both countries to step back from the kind of free fall this relationship is in to see how we can in a way work the differences because absolutely there are differences between the two countries. work at these differences, while trying to find that common ground which will help achieve common objectives. these common objectives are clear. ensuring there's an end to the war in afghanistan. >> i know you understand the way washington works. you've got a very good grasp on the mood of the american public, having been an ambassador here in the united states. so as you know we're going through this struggle in washington, figuring out how to live within its means. we give billions of dollars to pakistan. if you were to make the argument, here's what you
so i guess the sense in washington is their aren't getting help anyway. >> the question washington has to ask itself is if it begins to cut off its assistance, and its assistance means influence. if it wants to cut off assistance, it's going to -- and is it going to achieve what it seems to achieve by doing that? i think more important is for both countries to step back from the kind of free fall this relationship is in to see how we can in a way work the differences because absolutely...
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, d.c., and pick up an apple and other produce from washington state. what is the sense of your challenge looking at the entire agriculture economy and other issues in your state? >> again, we have no reason for you to be concerned. just to put in perspective the amount that was found in milk by this particular sample, if i was to travel from washington state to d.c., that would be a much greater amount than what was found in milk. so every day we're exposed. if we ate a banana, that's 4,000 times more than a pint of milk that was found yesterday in this sample. so there is absolutely no reason for people to be concerned. we want to be open and transparent, sample and monitor more than what we've done so people can feel good and feel confidhaent they're getting all the information, and there's no reason to be concerned. when i heard about this with regard to milk, my first thought was mothers and what would they think about milk for their children. that's why we immediately got the information out and put it in context for people so that they knew there
, d.c., and pick up an apple and other produce from washington state. what is the sense of your challenge looking at the entire agriculture economy and other issues in your state? >> again, we have no reason for you to be concerned. just to put in perspective the amount that was found in milk by this particular sample, if i was to travel from washington state to d.c., that would be a much greater amount than what was found in milk. so every day we're exposed. if we ate a banana, that's...
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i met him when he was in iraq and there's a will the of rumors, you hear about people in washington. i never heard anything about general petraeus at all, so this came as a total shock. >> he's not going to be testifying on benghazi next week as a result of this. does that bother you given all the questions there are about benghaziy questions about the cia's ininvolvement? >> yeah, really, david petraeus testifying has nothing to do with whether or not he's the cia director and i don't see how the cia is saying he's not going to testify. i think his testimony is certainly valuable. it's certainly necessary. he was at the center of this. and he has answers that only he has, so i don't see what one has to do with the other and so i would hope and expect that he's going to testify one way or the other. if it's not thursday, very soon after that. he certainly should be, he is an absolutely essential witness. maybe more than anyone else. >> so you're going to ask that he does come and testify regardless of his role? >> yeah, absolutely. it's absolutely necessary witness and again, his fin
i met him when he was in iraq and there's a will the of rumors, you hear about people in washington. i never heard anything about general petraeus at all, so this came as a total shock. >> he's not going to be testifying on benghazi next week as a result of this. does that bother you given all the questions there are about benghaziy questions about the cia's ininvolvement? >> yeah, really, david petraeus testifying has nothing to do with whether or not he's the cia director and i...
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i don't think there's been an administration, certainly not since i've been down here in washington, which is more than 40 years, that hasn't made mistakes. all administrations make mistakes. the question is do they learn from their mistakes? and that is the question going forward now. will the administration now understand that it is not enough to consider terrorists just as criminals, which was the way we treated them really in some cases during the '80s and '90s. the national commission on terrorism pointed out this is a flawed approach. it is a flawed approach. we are at war with these people. >> larry: should we play down the criticism and play up more the trying to offer support and objective advice? >> well, yes. i think, first of all, the president, quite correctly, has ordered a complete review of first results are due on his desk tomorrow. that will probably address most of this first area that i spoke of, these technical problem of the database and the information sharing and the system for screening. and i think -- i judge from what he said that he intends to act on what
i don't think there's been an administration, certainly not since i've been down here in washington, which is more than 40 years, that hasn't made mistakes. all administrations make mistakes. the question is do they learn from their mistakes? and that is the question going forward now. will the administration now understand that it is not enough to consider terrorists just as criminals, which was the way we treated them really in some cases during the '80s and '90s. the national commission on...
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this man drew up in washington. he is trying to join up with a terror group linked to al qaeda. according to a report, since 9/11, the u.s. has spent more than a trillion dollars on the war on terror. the "washington post" published a series reporting that american intelligence has become a bureaucracy it called a hidden world growing beyond control. "the posts" reported that 854,000 people, many of them private contractors now hold top secret clearance. since 2001, 30 new top secret clearance complexes have been build in the d.c. area. and operations spread over 10,000 locations. james clapper took issue with "the posts" reporter, dana priest. >> i think she has driven for a bit of sensationalism here. that's not to say there are not inefficiencies or things we can improve. >> in today's washington post, former head of the cia and national security writes the intelligence community often declines to defend itself for fear of making america less safe by revealing more secrets. we will talk to general hayden when we come back. >>> joining me now is a retired four-star general in
this man drew up in washington. he is trying to join up with a terror group linked to al qaeda. according to a report, since 9/11, the u.s. has spent more than a trillion dollars on the war on terror. the "washington post" published a series reporting that american intelligence has become a bureaucracy it called a hidden world growing beyond control. "the posts" reported that 854,000 people, many of them private contractors now hold top secret clearance. since 2001, 30 new...
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friends and community lead errs in the washington, dc area, where they are from, paint a much different picture of the suspects and call them "wholesome." they could be deported to face charges. >>> the wife of south carolina's governor isn't standing by her man. ginny sanford has filed for divorce. john sanford confessed to having an affair with an argentine woman he calls his soul mate. a formal rebuke of the governor is recommended. we'll have another update in 20 minutes. >> a program aimed at reaching a billion people. how you can stay part and help save lives. ♪ (announcer) some people just know how to build things well. give you and your loved ones an expertly engineered mercedes benz at the winter event going on now. but hurry - the offer ends january 4th. for the first time, a law... to prohibit cuts to medicare benefits. no one standing between you and your doctor. and no increase in the deficit. reform will cover preventive care. help close the medicare prescription gap, to lower your costs. paid for with common sense ideas -- like ending duplication of tests and other wast
friends and community lead errs in the washington, dc area, where they are from, paint a much different picture of the suspects and call them "wholesome." they could be deported to face charges. >>> the wife of south carolina's governor isn't standing by her man. ginny sanford has filed for divorce. john sanford confessed to having an affair with an argentine woman he calls his soul mate. a formal rebuke of the governor is recommended. we'll have another update in 20 minutes....
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the question is stirring new backlash here in washington after the release of some new information. let's bring in our own brian todd who has details. what's going on here? >> newly released documents show top pentagon officials giving inside access to the filmmakers. one key republican lawmaker calls it a potentially dangerous collaboration between hollywood and washington. it's just weeks after the raid that called osama bin laden. two hollywood filmmakers are in washington to get details on the operation for their upcoming movie. according to a newly released document, a meeting between the filmmakers and top officials i brings access to that compromise national security. mike vickers talking to oscar winning director katherine big el low. they can't tap to the top guy available. the name is redacted in the documents. the korean writer's response, "that's dynamite." >> he will basically give you everything you want. >> judicial watch filed a freedom of information act lawsuit demanding a transcripts of that pentagon meeting and other documents. he said that access to vickers wasn
the question is stirring new backlash here in washington after the release of some new information. let's bring in our own brian todd who has details. what's going on here? >> newly released documents show top pentagon officials giving inside access to the filmmakers. one key republican lawmaker calls it a potentially dangerous collaboration between hollywood and washington. it's just weeks after the raid that called osama bin laden. two hollywood filmmakers are in washington to get...
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. >>> president obama today back in washington after his vacation in hawaii and getting right back to work. the president met with security officials for updates on the botched christmas day terror plot and on al qaeda's expanding operations in yemen. many have questioned the administration's reaction to the intelligence breakdown. dan lothian is at the white house. i'm sure the white house is trying to keep a tight lid on this. what are you hearing? what's the latest on the investigation? >> reporter: we're not getting any details on where the investigation stands but obviously the president is trying to get to the bottom of this situation to find out exactly how the system failed. as you know, the president did order this top to bottom review while he was on vacation in hawaii and now he came back today. he got a report on the early review from the cia, the internal review. no details of what's in that review obviously. the president meeting with top counterterrorism adviser here at the white house. that meeting lasting for more than an hour and a half. john brennan has been one ove
. >>> president obama today back in washington after his vacation in hawaii and getting right back to work. the president met with security officials for updates on the botched christmas day terror plot and on al qaeda's expanding operations in yemen. many have questioned the administration's reaction to the intelligence breakdown. dan lothian is at the white house. i'm sure the white house is trying to keep a tight lid on this. what are you hearing? what's the latest on the...
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now washington, they're looking at shutting down post offices coast to coast. closing plants is not the answer. they want to cut 100,000 jobs. it's gonna cost us more, and the service is gonna be less. we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. the ripple effect is going to be devastating. congress created the problem. and if our legislators get on the ball, they can make the right decisions. >>> raw politics tonight, the polls are closed in three states. romney is expected to win in virginia and north carolina. but there are other contests that are drawing the focus tonight. an end to senator dick lugar's 36 years in the senate. earlier, lugar urged both parties to come together. >> we are experiencing deep political divisions in our society right now and they have stalemated progress in critical areas. but these divisions are not insurmountable. i believe that people of goodwill regardless of party can work together for the benefit of our country. >> a lot of raw politics to get to tonight. i'm joined by ari fleischer, and erick erickson. you
now washington, they're looking at shutting down post offices coast to coast. closing plants is not the answer. they want to cut 100,000 jobs. it's gonna cost us more, and the service is gonna be less. we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. the ripple effect is going to be devastating. congress created the problem. and if our legislators get on the ball, they can make the right decisions. >>> raw politics tonight, the polls are closed in three states. romney is...
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we'll play parts of the duelling events today in washington. we'll talk about whether the country's leaders are willing to put decent dysfunction ahead of the compromise the country cl r clearly voted for. >> thank you and we'll see you in just a few moments. >>> our fifth story, karl rove losing his touch. the man who spent years on top of the conservative political world, the man dubbed george w. bush's brain. his super pac spent a huge amount on the election. they shelled out more than $170 million. 1.29% of that resulted in winning elections. the second biggest winner, a super pac called restore our future, had a zero percent return. now, a branch of karl rove's organization, did a bit better. return of investment, about 13.7%. ken, you've been crunching the numbers. if they get anything for their money? >> well, what they would argue and what i understand your guests in the last segment probably will argue, it would have been a lot worse. what that money did was keep mitt romney at a level playing field with with barack obama after the gop
we'll play parts of the duelling events today in washington. we'll talk about whether the country's leaders are willing to put decent dysfunction ahead of the compromise the country cl r clearly voted for. >> thank you and we'll see you in just a few moments. >>> our fifth story, karl rove losing his touch. the man who spent years on top of the conservative political world, the man dubbed george w. bush's brain. his super pac spent a huge amount on the election. they shelled out...
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the default in washington is in action. >> president obama in 2009. meredith is a special correspondent for nbc news with her husband and i want to clarify this. you don't want to kill your dog. the potential dog killer is your husband. >> i want p.e.t.a. to be clear on this. >> it comes as an extraordinary book. >> there is the president. he has got it again. pretty convincing in the end. and engulfed in the bizarre l i lurid tale of generals and sex what do you make of it? >> i think the biggest mistake that has been made is starting the investigation. >> i think this was un-necessary. i think it was tramabling on people's rights. privacy rights. >> you have two women competing for his affections. one that has been having the affair and one that has been flirtatious. >> do we know that was the way she was with general petreaus? >> either way, it is their squable and the next thing we know the cia trek tore is being grilled by the fbi and has to resign. and without any security to it. which appears to be the case. you are left with an affair and ther
the default in washington is in action. >> president obama in 2009. meredith is a special correspondent for nbc news with her husband and i want to clarify this. you don't want to kill your dog. the potential dog killer is your husband. >> i want p.e.t.a. to be clear on this. >> it comes as an extraordinary book. >> there is the president. he has got it again. pretty convincing in the end. and engulfed in the bizarre l i lurid tale of generals and sex what do you make of...
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the situation on the ground is more grim than what we've been hearing from washington. number three, the taliban is better armed than we've been led to believe. in fact, the "times" reports they've actually been using heat-seeking missiles against allied aircraft, weapons used, as you recall, by the mujahidin against the soviets when they kicked their butts. four, the "times" reports on equipment shortages, specifically american vehicles. and five, a strain between american forces and their afghan counterparts. our next guest spent a lot of time in afghanistan since 9/11. he's currently part of a company that's working over there. he's also running as a republican for senate in the state of new york. thanks very much for being with us once again. a pentagon spokesman said these are combat reports and have a very narrow view of the war. the latest one is dated a year ago, and it doesn't reflect the current status of the war. gary, you were in afghanistan, you and i have talked about afghanistan many times in the past. do these leaks tell the real story, do you believe, o
the situation on the ground is more grim than what we've been hearing from washington. number three, the taliban is better armed than we've been led to believe. in fact, the "times" reports they've actually been using heat-seeking missiles against allied aircraft, weapons used, as you recall, by the mujahidin against the soviets when they kicked their butts. four, the "times" reports on equipment shortages, specifically american vehicles. and five, a strain between american...
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imagine her surprise when she arrived at the security checkpoint at washington's dulles international airport tuesday. >> racial, religious profiles, i'm being sdel singled out, as a security threat. >> reporter: the 40-year-old michigan-born muslim-american headed to los angeles, says she was singled out from what she called a humiliating full body search. when she asked why this was happening. >> the gentleman working there specifically told me that the reason why i'm being put through this type of search is because i'm wearing a headscarf. he actually told me that that's the reason why you are being targeted. >> reporter: she's not alone. on monday, a muslim canadian woman says she was made it feel like a terrorist, because she was wearing a headscarf. berated and banned from boarding a flight to the united states, all because of her faith. the council on american islamic relations calls these textbook cases of profiling. >> it is against the law, unconstitutional and un-american to single out people because of their religion. >> reporter: u.s. customs who handle the canadian woman
imagine her surprise when she arrived at the security checkpoint at washington's dulles international airport tuesday. >> racial, religious profiles, i'm being sdel singled out, as a security threat. >> reporter: the 40-year-old michigan-born muslim-american headed to los angeles, says she was singled out from what she called a humiliating full body search. when she asked why this was happening. >> the gentleman working there specifically told me that the reason why i'm being...
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that's certainly not the first sex scandal to bring down someone in washington, it certainly won't be the last. but tonight there are growing questions about the timing of how the word got out, whether more people in the government should have been told or been told sooner that the fbi was investigating a case involving the director of the cia. we're keeping them honest as we do every night not to take sides, you can get that on other cable news channels, but to look for the truth, the facts. here's what we know right now about who knew what and when. according to "wall street journal" the fbi discovered the affair between petraeus and his biographer, paula broadwell, in late summer. we'll have more on how in just a moment. so the fbi reportedly knew in late summer that the head of the cia was having an affair, but it wasn't until months later after election day that president obama found out, and the house and senate intelligence committees didn't find out until friday. congressional leaders from both parties are angry, they say they should have been notified sooner that there were p
that's certainly not the first sex scandal to bring down someone in washington, it certainly won't be the last. but tonight there are growing questions about the timing of how the word got out, whether more people in the government should have been told or been told sooner that the fbi was investigating a case involving the director of the cia. we're keeping them honest as we do every night not to take sides, you can get that on other cable news channels, but to look for the truth, the facts....
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are the only people willing to find middle ground disappearing from washington? john avlon is here, michelle goldberg and a communications director for rick santorum. this is a big headline. this is a -- this is a blow, a slap. >> this is a bombshell result, a huge margin for richard mourdock. it's important to remember these are most possible not in the general election where mourdock's appeal would have alienated than they attracted, but in a primary in may. but a significant blow back against the centrists in the senate who believe in reaching across the aisle. you see the ads that murdoch was running, saying the time for collegiality was over. it may work with the far right base, but it will alienate the centrists in the general. >> i don't think the issue is that aren't centrists in washington, but there aren't sen tris republicans. we talk about it as if it's symmetrical problem with polarization. norm orstein points out in the book, a center left democratic party and a republican party as far to the right in 100 years. so i think this is another sign of th
are the only people willing to find middle ground disappearing from washington? john avlon is here, michelle goldberg and a communications director for rick santorum. this is a big headline. this is a -- this is a blow, a slap. >> this is a bombshell result, a huge margin for richard mourdock. it's important to remember these are most possible not in the general election where mourdock's appeal would have alienated than they attracted, but in a primary in may. but a significant blow back...
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. >>> our second story "outfront," war in washington. both sides blaming the other for a lack of action on that fiscal cliff. when taxes duoup and spending gets slashed. today, the rhetoric was ratcheted up another notch as mitch mcconnell slammed the president's plan. to raise 1.6 trillion in tax increases over the next ten years. >> an opening bid of $1.6 trillion in new taxes just isn't serious. it's more than simpson bowles or more than any other commission has called for. it's twice as much as the white house seemed ready to agree to during last summer's debt ceiling talks. a joke. >> dick durbin joins me now. good to see you. it's a joke. what do you think? >>. >> i think senator mcconnell needs to take another look at the report. i severed on that commission. a reduction of $4 trillion came from revenue. it was in the range of $1.6 trillion. >> you talk about 1.6 trillion. there's ways to get there in ways that don't necessarily raise tax rates. you could cap deductions at $35,000 and have the estate tax go back to where it was an
. >>> our second story "outfront," war in washington. both sides blaming the other for a lack of action on that fiscal cliff. when taxes duoup and spending gets slashed. today, the rhetoric was ratcheted up another notch as mitch mcconnell slammed the president's plan. to raise 1.6 trillion in tax increases over the next ten years. >> an opening bid of $1.6 trillion in new taxes just isn't serious. it's more than simpson bowles or more than any other commission has...
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but the visit of india's prime minister to washington is about more than personalities. it is the first official state visit of the obama presidency. it should be an occasion to celebrate and solidify the alliance between the world's largest democracy and the world's oldest democracy. but in fact, so far the obama presidency has been marked by a series of small fumbles and miscues in its relations n new delhi. we think a lot about south asia and call it afback. fixated on stabilizing afghanistan, washington seems to be relying more and more heavily on pakistan to tackle the taliban problem. in doing so more disturbingly, washington seems to be adopting the world view of the pakistani army, an army that created the taliban and despite $10 billion of aid from the united states, has taken no serious steps to dismantle it. pakistan's long-standing position has been that it has a right to see a pro-pakistani government in afghanistan. the respected expert harrison noted that in an interview him in 1988, pakistan's president demanded "a regime to our liking in kabul." last yea
but the visit of india's prime minister to washington is about more than personalities. it is the first official state visit of the obama presidency. it should be an occasion to celebrate and solidify the alliance between the world's largest democracy and the world's oldest democracy. but in fact, so far the obama presidency has been marked by a series of small fumbles and miscues in its relations n new delhi. we think a lot about south asia and call it afback. fixated on stabilizing...
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she is joining us from washington. as does leslie sanchez, a republican strategist and former adviser to george w. bush. leslie, let me start with you. how damaging is this harry reid accident in. >> it is impactful with the race in nevada. he really is unpopular because of his support of the health care plan. you have a lot of nevada voter who is don't want that to pass, but on top of that, it is really tired old rhetoric that has come from the left. and it is going to be interesting to see if the democrats push back as severely as they should. if this were on the republican side, there would be a lot of h hypocrisy asking him to step down. it is critical, i think the president's response is very good, but will it ease the pain? it is tremendously hurtful to many in the ethnic communities. >> you call it tired old rhetoric, but maria, a lot of people are saying, look, in this day or time, we are surprised reid would make sufficient such a comment. >> absolutely. it is unacceptable, completely idiotic and unfortunate.
she is joining us from washington. as does leslie sanchez, a republican strategist and former adviser to george w. bush. leslie, let me start with you. how damaging is this harry reid accident in. >> it is impactful with the race in nevada. he really is unpopular because of his support of the health care plan. you have a lot of nevada voter who is don't want that to pass, but on top of that, it is really tired old rhetoric that has come from the left. and it is going to be interesting to...
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the main thing is let's fix them and move on. >> larry: the washington times quotes that homeland security officials have good intentions but they lack purpose. he thinks the homeland security has not risen to the level it beneath to achieve. agree or disagree? >> he is right. there are a lot of problems on the president's plate. he is dealing with health care, finances and global warming and all very important problems but the most important problem in the world is keeping americans safe. and this has to be at the top of the lits morks matter what else is going on. >> larry: we always look back and say this guy shouldn't have been stopped at the airport. isn't it true that president bush had an august 6th memo that might have prevented 9/11? >> that is a little unfair. there wasn't a single branch of the united states g. that get with terrorism that wasn't responsible. the problem this time, you know, it's like reading the same script over again. they talking about the fact that intelligence agencies didn't talk to one another. and that was the major fault we found in the report. if they
the main thing is let's fix them and move on. >> larry: the washington times quotes that homeland security officials have good intentions but they lack purpose. he thinks the homeland security has not risen to the level it beneath to achieve. agree or disagree? >> he is right. there are a lot of problems on the president's plate. he is dealing with health care, finances and global warming and all very important problems but the most important problem in the world is keeping...
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. >> i assume you have read the editorial in the washington post? >> yes. >> they rarely take a movie -- review a movie as an editorial. this case they took exception to some of the facts in the movie. specifically in one jean that i found compelling. your wife was portrayed as leading this rescue to ferry iraqi scientists out of iraq, and after she was outed. that program was brought to a halt, according to the movie. but the washington post editorial said that was not factually true. do you want to comment on that? >> well, i think the washington post and the reporters upon whom they based that particular judgment ought to go back and do some fact checking. there's other reporting in the public domain that contradicts that. and in fact there is a special prosecutor fitzgerald which he submitted to the court in the trial of scooter libby that says, not only was he employed by the cia as an operations officer, she was in the counter proliferation division where she serves as chief of the cpd component with responsibility for weapons proliferations i
. >> i assume you have read the editorial in the washington post? >> yes. >> they rarely take a movie -- review a movie as an editorial. this case they took exception to some of the facts in the movie. specifically in one jean that i found compelling. your wife was portrayed as leading this rescue to ferry iraqi scientists out of iraq, and after she was outed. that program was brought to a halt, according to the movie. but the washington post editorial said that was not...
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. >> in the first two or three days of december i would write a message back to washington recommending the insertion of u.s. forces on the ground. i was looking for 600 to 800 rangers, roughly a battalion. they never came. >> reporter: instead, the u.s. relies on its hired guns. >> yeah. it was not a professional military force by any stretch of the imagination. some of them took bribes from members of al qaeda to look the other way. >> reporter: outsourcing fails. bin laden vanishes into the mountains. >> he was there. we were listening to him on the radio. bin laden and roughly 180 would escape. >> the moral of the story, i think, is that to capture someone as resourceful as osama bin laden who has so many local contacts and local friends, you had to do the job yourself. >> reporter: though he has disappeared, his threats continue. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> the fact that he communicates through videotapes and audio tapes isn't a sign of weakness. he had a choice which was to say nothing and become irrelevant or continue saying things and stay relevant. he chose the latter
. >> in the first two or three days of december i would write a message back to washington recommending the insertion of u.s. forces on the ground. i was looking for 600 to 800 rangers, roughly a battalion. they never came. >> reporter: instead, the u.s. relies on its hired guns. >> yeah. it was not a professional military force by any stretch of the imagination. some of them took bribes from members of al qaeda to look the other way. >> reporter: outsourcing fails. bin...
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cnn's jim acosta is live for us in washington, this morning. what are the late ef polls showing, jim, in terms of what might happen tomorrow? well, it's interesting. i could hear him, apparently you couldn't hear jim. >> we'll work out that bug for you. >> are we going to try him again? can we hear jim? >> not ready. we'll go on to other things. we'll try to get the situation with jim and his audio ironed out. obviously we could hear him. he's somewhere in the system. we're not quite sure where. it's leftover gremlins from halloween. >> i'm sure it is. >>> the debate beginning over three birth control for women. there's a panel advising the white house set to meet in two weeks. they're going to hear arguments whether contraception are preventative medicine. school officials and doctors believe the birth control does qualify as that. the catholic church and other conservative groups disagree. >>> it is open enrollment season. alcohol is the world's most harmful drug. british researchers rank 20 drugs based on the harm they can do to the user as
cnn's jim acosta is live for us in washington, this morning. what are the late ef polls showing, jim, in terms of what might happen tomorrow? well, it's interesting. i could hear him, apparently you couldn't hear jim. >> we'll work out that bug for you. >> are we going to try him again? can we hear jim? >> not ready. we'll go on to other things. we'll try to get the situation with jim and his audio ironed out. obviously we could hear him. he's somewhere in the system. we're...
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now to wolf blitzer in washington. to you. >> thanks very much. the secrets inside osama bin laden's hideout. the slain terrorist's million dollar fortress. who helped him? >>> how far will the obama administration go to prove to the world that obama is dead? officials are debating whether to release gruesome photos of his body. possibly, possibly as soon as today. >>> plus, we learn what it was really like in the white house situation room when the raid was going down. i'll speak to denis about what president obama and his team were seeing and thinking during those heart-pounding minutes. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> the white house is calling it the most classified operation in many, many years. he was effectively hiding in plain sight. we've been able to get inside the walled compound where osama bin laden lived and died. we're hearing new details about his final minutes. let's go to nic robertson who is in abbottabad, pakistan. you spent all days around bin laden's compound there. what struck you the most? >> report
now to wolf blitzer in washington. to you. >> thanks very much. the secrets inside osama bin laden's hideout. the slain terrorist's million dollar fortress. who helped him? >>> how far will the obama administration go to prove to the world that obama is dead? officials are debating whether to release gruesome photos of his body. possibly, possibly as soon as today. >>> plus, we learn what it was really like in the white house situation room when the raid was going down....
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that's how spy networks work in washington. they find people who have access to classified information, they try to exploit them in any way they can, sometimes with women. we still don't know for sure, piers, we here at cnn, who the woman was who he had the affair with. i want to reiterate that one more time. there are lots of reporters giving different tips. we haven't gone on the record with that yet, but we do know that it was prompted by this fbi tip that the two were having an affair, paula broadwell and the general. >> let's turn to someone who did a big biography piece on general petraeus. she spent a lot of time with him. are you surprised by this? >> if someone asked me of all the guys you've interviewed, who would be most likely to be embroiled in some crazy extramarital affair, the last person, besides joe biden, would be general petraeus. and yet, on the other hand, it's not that shocking. this is a guy who was like a full-time career nerd who has been a rock star for the past five to seven years. so it's really not
that's how spy networks work in washington. they find people who have access to classified information, they try to exploit them in any way they can, sometimes with women. we still don't know for sure, piers, we here at cnn, who the woman was who he had the affair with. i want to reiterate that one more time. there are lots of reporters giving different tips. we haven't gone on the record with that yet, but we do know that it was prompted by this fbi tip that the two were having an affair,...
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>> we don't go back to washington anymore so it's a return to washington, i'd say. aha. but a lot of friends are going to participate. and this points of light movement -- it is a movement. means something to me. the volunteerism. one private sector helping each other instead of making government do everything. and it's really, i think, just a nice way of getting us back there and honoring us. we're very excited about it. >> larry: you looking forward to this? >> very much. i really think it's going to be exciting. they're hopeful that they can get -- they have gotten a lot of people to offer. we're hoping it will be more music and dancing and not too much talking. we're hoping that people who come -- >> larry: not a speech night? >> not a speech night, that it will be -- it's a fund-raiser. so we're hopeful that people will -- >> for points of light. >> will be entertained and will be amused an won't say, not another night. i think it's going to be -- >> larry: sounds great. i'm going to come and if i can help you, let me know. >> we're onlookers. supposed to be sort of
>> we don't go back to washington anymore so it's a return to washington, i'd say. aha. but a lot of friends are going to participate. and this points of light movement -- it is a movement. means something to me. the volunteerism. one private sector helping each other instead of making government do everything. and it's really, i think, just a nice way of getting us back there and honoring us. we're very excited about it. >> larry: you looking forward to this? >> very much. i...
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that evening, which is the biggest evening in washington -- in the washington press corps life it's let them eat cake. we're pouring crystal champagne and we're more interested in the celebrity than the concerns of real folks that are out there and,ty think it's the worst kind of symbolism. now it's gone beyond that. it's look at me, look at me, look at me, and it seems to be an exercise in hedonnism. >> tom brokaw said he just doesn't go to the dinner anymore. should news allies have published all those leaks about the failed terror plot to take down an airplane. mark of the "new york times" in a moment. a party? [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein. twist my lid. that's three times more than me! twenty-one vitamins and minerals and zero fat! hmmm. you'll bring a lot to the party. [ all ] yay! [ female announcer ] new ensure clear. nine grams protein. zero fat. twenty-one vitamins and minerals. in blueberry/pomegranate and peach. refreshing nutri
that evening, which is the biggest evening in washington -- in the washington press corps life it's let them eat cake. we're pouring crystal champagne and we're more interested in the celebrity than the concerns of real folks that are out there and,ty think it's the worst kind of symbolism. now it's gone beyond that. it's look at me, look at me, look at me, and it seems to be an exercise in hedonnism. >> tom brokaw said he just doesn't go to the dinner anymore. should news allies have...
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now washington, they're looking at shutting down post offices coast to coast. closing plants is not the answer. they want to cut 100,000 jobs. it's gonna cost us more, and the service is gonna be less. we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. the ripple effect is going to be devastating. congress created the problem. and if our legislators get on the ball, they can make the right decisions. we can save you $600. $600? wow, you're like a magician or something. shh. david copperfield doesn't like it when customers say that... ha, so he's a "magician," huh? can he do this? ♪ or this! or, how about this! wow, that was really impressive. it was... uh, i think we'll go with the $600. yes, we will. [ male announcer ] combine auto and renters with state farm, and save an average of $600. ♪ and save an average of $600. to get people to try on these new depend silhouette briefs, and today we are rocking the red carpet. look it's lisa rinna! lisa hiii,i know you don't need one but will you try on these new depend silhouette briefs for charity and pr
now washington, they're looking at shutting down post offices coast to coast. closing plants is not the answer. they want to cut 100,000 jobs. it's gonna cost us more, and the service is gonna be less. we could lose clientele because of increased mailing times. the ripple effect is going to be devastating. congress created the problem. and if our legislators get on the ball, they can make the right decisions. we can save you $600. $600? wow, you're like a magician or something. shh. david...
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. >> in the first two or three days of december i would write a message back to washington, recommending the insertion of u.s. forces on the ground. i was looking for 600 to 800 rangers, roughly a battalion. they never came. >> reporter: instead, the u.s. relies on its hired guns. >> it was not a professional military source by any stretch of the imagination, some took bribes to look the other way. >> reporter: out sourcing fails and bin latden vanished to the mountains. >> bin lad an 180 escape. >> the moral of the story is to capture someone as resourceful as bin laden who has so many local contacts and friends you have to do the job yourself. >> reporter: though he has disappeared, his threats continue. >> the fact he communicated through video and audiotapes, i don't think that is a sign of weakness. he had a choice which was to say nothing and be relevant or to continue to say things publicly and stay relevant and he chose the latter. so his message continued to resonate, even when he was on the run. >> reporter: with a $25 million bounty on his head, bin laden is now the most wante
. >> in the first two or three days of december i would write a message back to washington, recommending the insertion of u.s. forces on the ground. i was looking for 600 to 800 rangers, roughly a battalion. they never came. >> reporter: instead, the u.s. relies on its hired guns. >> it was not a professional military source by any stretch of the imagination, some took bribes to look the other way. >> reporter: out sourcing fails and bin latden vanished to the mountains....
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that is absolutely true, however northeastern university economist tells the "washington post," the jobless rate fell because so many people left the workforce and in fairness, the same thing is happening to president obama now, governor romney is blaming the president for that and taking credit for the same thing when he was governor of massachusetts. governor romney inherited hard economic times in massachusetts hen he started office. but they were hard economic times nationwide and while there was some recovery during his time in office, as he pointed out, there was recovery nationwide. the job market in massachusetts was slower to recover than all but three other states, 47th nationally in job creation. one of those other states as james carville pointed out last night. he couldn't enact all the programs he wanted, which is also true. when he took office, the state ranked 37th in job creation, went from number 37 to 47. i'm joined by chief capitol hill analyst gloria borger. does it surprise you at this point that the romney campaign is focusing more on bain capital than romney's massac
that is absolutely true, however northeastern university economist tells the "washington post," the jobless rate fell because so many people left the workforce and in fairness, the same thing is happening to president obama now, governor romney is blaming the president for that and taking credit for the same thing when he was governor of massachusetts. governor romney inherited hard economic times in massachusetts hen he started office. but they were hard economic times nationwide and...
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in washington, a man in an american flag body suit celebrates in front of the white house. and in new york city, firefighter firefighters joining the celebrations in times square. >>> for the families of the hundreds of firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11, today is a day that many thought might never come. mary snow is joining us from ground zero with some of their stories. >> wolf, you get a sense of euphoria around ground zero but also a sense of reflection where people are placing flowers behind me at st. paul's, and american flags. and firefighters and families of firefighters remembers the 343 firefighters killed on september 11th, this is definitely a day of mixed emotions. it was the day they'd been waiting for. maureen and al santora came to there firehouse where their son christopher worked. he was one of the firefighters killed on september 11th. this station suffering huge losses that day. >> at the moment, i'm on a high because i feel my son's, you know, joy and exhilaration that this very evil man was captured and killed by americans, you know? and i just
in washington, a man in an american flag body suit celebrates in front of the white house. and in new york city, firefighter firefighters joining the celebrations in times square. >>> for the families of the hundreds of firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11, today is a day that many thought might never come. mary snow is joining us from ground zero with some of their stories. >> wolf, you get a sense of euphoria around ground zero but also a sense of reflection where people...
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in his only television interview on his trip to washington, d.c. let's get started. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> everyone has forgotten you. those were words maziar bahari heard every day from interrogators during the four months he spent in solitary confinement in an iranian prison. maziar is my colleague, a fine journalist who works for "newsweek." he's also an award-winning filmmaker. he was arrested along with hundreds of others during the protests that followed iran's disputed election. the end of his ordeal came in october when he was released on bail of $3 billion reales, equal to 300,000 american dollars. he flew back to his home in london just days before his wife paola gave birth to their first child, a girl. i'm delighted to welcome maziar bahari as my guest today. thank you for coming here. >> thank you. >> take us back to the 21st of in iran. >> well, i was asleep. it was -- i think it was around 7:30, 7:45 in the morning. i was staying with my mother at that time. i was between apartments. and my mother came in. came into
in his only television interview on his trip to washington, d.c. let's get started. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> everyone has forgotten you. those were words maziar bahari heard every day from interrogators during the four months he spent in solitary confinement in an iranian prison. maziar is my colleague, a fine journalist who works for "newsweek." he's also an award-winning filmmaker. he was arrested along with hundreds of others during the protests that...
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just a shot here in washington. if you had polled the top minds in washington a week ago and asked them about david petraeus, they would be more likely to talk about future career ambitions than what was going on outside his marriage. that was such a stunner yesterday. not only did david petraeus step down as head of the cia, but admitted to doing so in a letter that he wrote to employees at the cia and i think, you know, processing sort of the shock of that is one part of this, but the other part that we're going to really focus on in the coming week is finding out more of those details, particularly the timing of this. if there was an fbi investigation going on, which we now know there was, what were they looking at and how long did they know? was the white house aware of this and isn't it odd that itp haened, that he stepped down and came forward with this revelation just a couple days after the election? >> why was the fbi involved? this was based on a tip, right? >> yeah, yeah. we were told that a u.s. official
just a shot here in washington. if you had polled the top minds in washington a week ago and asked them about david petraeus, they would be more likely to talk about future career ambitions than what was going on outside his marriage. that was such a stunner yesterday. not only did david petraeus step down as head of the cia, but admitted to doing so in a letter that he wrote to employees at the cia and i think, you know, processing sort of the shock of that is one part of this, but the other...
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many americans are fed up with washington. jesse ventura has a lot to say about that in the fast past. i'm sure he will tonight. he's host of "conspiracy theory" with jesse venture ona our sister network, true tv. >> i thought i wonder what jesse ventura is thinking of this. obama still president, nothing much has changed. can we expect anything to improve? >> well, i don't know. they spent $6 billion was spent to keep it the same and we could have used that money for a lot of different things, and they told us this time they are going to work together for bipartisanship and after all, they are politicians, they wouldn't lie to us, would they? >> the ones with the real problems, not the democrats, they got back in. but republicans who seem to have just run up against a large cliff. what are the republicans do to try to reinvent themselves, make them more relevant do you think? >> you need to change their ideas rather than their people. if you bring forward the same people with the same ideas, you will head off the same cliff.
many americans are fed up with washington. jesse ventura has a lot to say about that in the fast past. i'm sure he will tonight. he's host of "conspiracy theory" with jesse venture ona our sister network, true tv. >> i thought i wonder what jesse ventura is thinking of this. obama still president, nothing much has changed. can we expect anything to improve? >> well, i don't know. they spent $6 billion was spent to keep it the same and we could have used that money for a...
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i'm not saying washington hasn't tried to do some good things. they have also done some things that i think are really, really very, very counter to trying to get this economy growing. one of them is not only regulation, but expensive regulation. the other is, and they have done something that affects everybody's confidence and the attitudes of this administration to the business community and to the economy, they have demonized the business world. they have blamed everything on the business world. frankly, i don't think that's accurate. more than that, it's counterproductive to what this administration wants which is a much more optimistic and confident business community. the uncertainty steve refers to is absolutely out there. as anybody who travels through the business community as i do would see. >> mr. forbes, before i ask you the next question, a quick clip, actually several clips put together, of president obama talking about the business community. at least some in the business community. >> we can't go back to a culture on wall street t
i'm not saying washington hasn't tried to do some good things. they have also done some things that i think are really, really very, very counter to trying to get this economy growing. one of them is not only regulation, but expensive regulation. the other is, and they have done something that affects everybody's confidence and the attitudes of this administration to the business community and to the economy, they have demonized the business world. they have blamed everything on the business...
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we have a great panel on what to do with pakistan post-bin laden including pakistan's ambassador to washington. and how in the world does a president go missing for ten days? i'll explain. first here is my take. there is a silly debate taking place in washington about who deserves credit for osama bin laden's assassination, president obama or president bush. john f. kennedy once said that victory has a thousand fathers, so can we admit that lots of people, thousands beyond those two people, deserve credit? the outcome is the culmination of years of intelligence and action. but the specific operation was obviously conceived, planned and executed by the obama administration, which deserves genuine respect for handling it it well. the real lesson we should draw from is that counterterrorism works. it's our most important and effective strategy in the war on terror. you will remember there was a debate at the start of the obama administration over policy toward afghanistan/pakistan. some like vice president biden wanted a limited counterterrorism operation with fewer troops. others wanted a broade
we have a great panel on what to do with pakistan post-bin laden including pakistan's ambassador to washington. and how in the world does a president go missing for ten days? i'll explain. first here is my take. there is a silly debate taking place in washington about who deserves credit for osama bin laden's assassination, president obama or president bush. john f. kennedy once said that victory has a thousand fathers, so can we admit that lots of people, thousands beyond those two people,...
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how are you reading the new administration in washington? >> i think the previous administration in the united states was sort of in a blind date with mr. karzai and continued to the end. then they realized the partner is not sincere and cannot deliver to its own people. i think the new administration is a new beginning and a new approach to many issues, including afghanistan, and afghanistan gave us hope as a result of the elections that there will be another opportunity for working together in order to make afghanistan stablized as well as to test the needs of the afghan people, and the concern in the hopes of the united states helping us. >> there are a number of people who have argued that the united states, and most importantly, the afghan government, should be talking to the taliban, trying to get members of the taliban to switch sides, to isolate the hard-core employments and broaden the base of support for the afghan government. you have called the current efforts of reconciliation a joke, quote, unquote. so what's wrong with the way
how are you reading the new administration in washington? >> i think the previous administration in the united states was sort of in a blind date with mr. karzai and continued to the end. then they realized the partner is not sincere and cannot deliver to its own people. i think the new administration is a new beginning and a new approach to many issues, including afghanistan, and afghanistan gave us hope as a result of the elections that there will be another opportunity for working...